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gradation: see ablaut ablaut (äp`lout) [Ger.,=off-sound], in inflection , vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song ..... Click the link for more information. . gradation 1. (in painting, drawing, or sculpture) transition from one colour, tone, or surface to another through a series of very slight changes 2. Geology the natural levelling of land as a result of the building up or wearing down of pre-existing formations gradation [grā′dā·shən] (geology) The leveling of the land, or the bringing of a land surface or area to a uniform or nearly uniform grade or slope through erosion, transportation, and deposition. Specifically, the bringing of a stream bed to a slope at which the water is just able to transport the material delivered to it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By definition, however, classes are horizontal and gradational, inevitably layered with one small rich, privileged class at the top with all others beneath in descending order of wealth and power. Change as a mode of being and the de-solidification of the physical world goes beyond locomotive and positional movement, and underscores the dynamism of the world-picture envisaged by Sadra's gradational ontology. For the past several years, he has initially painted his surfaces with gradational bands of color, typically numbering from four to eight, progressing either from the lightest to the darkest values of a given hue or through a sequence of hues all of the same value. |
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